Not sure why you say it was not related... It is related because what this
array contains are indirect references to the fields, and I thought the
field objects themselves could be accessed using the reference numbers. It
turns out not to be the case, but it's still relevant.

On Sat, Jul 15, 2023 at 1:50 PM Tilman Hausherr <thaush...@t-online.de>
wrote:

> On 15.07.2023 11:04, Gilad Denneboom wrote:
> > The CO-array (no spelling-mistake) is a part of the AcroForm object,
> which
> > defines the order in which fields are calculated (see Table 218 in the
> PDF
> > ISO specs). But it only contains (indirect) references to the fields.
> >
> > However, your tip put me on the right path and I was able to get the
> actual
> > PDField objects by comparing the values in this array to the
> > values returned by the getCOSObject method of the PDFields under
> PDAcroForm.
> >
> > It would actually be nice to have a direct getter and setter for it under
> > PDAcroForm... Maybe in future versions?
>
> So your image had nothing to do with your request.
>
> Please share such a PDF. It should be possible to make such a change,
> and wouldn't be difficult. The only problem is that the PD object
> wouldn't be the same PD object than when received from AcroForm (but
> still the same COSObject).
>
> Tilman
>
> PS I've just tried to unsubscribe that annoying user using my moderator
> status but haven't received a confirmation.
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